St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16

the Democratic ticket, and other unprece-
dented acts to control elections has made it
Sttin to hope from him a redress of grievances
ofthe past, as far as security against the dan
gers which threaten us in the future. and
that We therefore earnestly appeal TO the con-
servative portions of all parties to discuss
anp prepare the way for righting these flag
rant Outrages on the ballot box.
-21z-
- ., THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
The Remarks of Rev. Morrill, Re-
Viewed by Prominent Cath
- plic.
1Text: NAY. and thoul't mouth, I'll rant
as well as thou. ''-Shakorbac
EXOrdium. The Rev. Mr.. M drill has
a great purpose in life. He sees great
Christian giant growing more inso-
lent every day, absolutely threatening
the Ghosts of the Lord" and so, like
young David, he prepares to do battle
for right and truth with all his might,
having no doubt of the final issue. In
this fight he has several stones for his
sling, some of them used with very
good effect in former days, but as the
reverend gentleman needs goOd-SiZed
pile of prOjectileS, will he permit the
present writer to throw his little bag of
ballast on the heap. For years past sew
eral of the ministers OfYariOuS churches
in this city have been extending to the
present writer s'the right hand of fell
lOwShip," and even calling him
'sbrOther;" beshrew me, therefore, if [
do not reach out to my friend Morrill, in
like gOodly intent and aid him in his
work. Besides, if we indulge just now
in theological fisticuffs, would not the
heather become ScOrnful, and, standing
around, use such unseemly language as
''Hi, at him there, Towser?" "Sick him,
see us rolling in the dust, while the
more staid and scriptural portion would,
no doubt, become sarcastic and say:
''See how pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity.''
To prevent all scoffing. therefore. let
us proceed with equal step, like
Siamese Twins, to utter demolition of
the old church, that wicked, many
horned beast, that ''whore of Babylon"
whose fundamental parts are so consti-
tuted as to cover seven hills. So here
goes:
First Point-The Pope. ssThe Pope
and jackass are synonymous terms" so
declared DR.. Martin Luther, and we
must keep up the traditions; the pres
ent Pope is an undoubted donkey, the
last Pope was an infallible ignOramuS,
and all the recent converts or perverts,
graduates of Oxford and Cambridge,
such men as Cardinals Newman, Man
ming, Ward, COleridge and a host of
others, who kiss the POpe's toe, are
dOuble-barreled fools, or as DR.. Luther
said to Spalatinus: "Do you know what
Think of ROme? 1t is confused col
lection of fools, ninnies. simpletoES,
blockheads, demOniacS and devils"
s1Again, how that word Rome eXcites
my bile, faugh! my gorge rises it it; sit
would be no wonder,'' says Luther, ''if
Cpd should rain down from Heaven sui
phur and hellish fire upon Rome, and
plunge it into the abyss as he did with
Sodom and Gomorrha."
sf'If we punish thieves by the rope,
nrurderers by the sword and heretics by
fire, why do we not attack these teach
els of perditiOn, these cardinals, these
pOpeS and the whole swarm of the Roman
S6dom that increasingly corrupt Gods
church, and why do we not wash our
hands in their blOod?''
i.sBut the subject is too vast for such
narrow treatment. We can only, as it
were, gather few shells on the bound
hsS, oceans shore. Have you read Pope
Joan? HAZE you e0nned your Voltaire?
Did.you spend the midnight oil over the
slich gems as the following: ''Here's
to the pope inhell, and the devil pelt-
ing priests at him.; if you have not
pored over these and dozen more, then
you have not begun your education, Mr..
Morrill,.
And now. for monks and nuns, those
drOnes within the pOpiSh hive; why is
it that American Protestants are so
purblind as not to see that they are no
better than they should be? How is it
that the soldiers of our late American
war reverence the popish sisterhoods?
Oh! fatal StrabiSmuS! Oh! worse than
diabOlical ObsesSiOn! Have We not read
''the awful disclosures of Maria Monk?"
Where is that pious book, ''The Priest
and Nun?" Are there no more tSe-
cretS of the Confessional" in the liter
airy market? 60 to! We foolish sons of
men, be wise i'll time and burn down
their converts: ''Sisters" indeed, sis
tiers of the devil, say L, with their Choir
rid prison cells" and ''hidden abomina-
tions," hypocrltes all! away with them!
away with them!
End point-Some foolish PrOtestants
have limited that from time to time they
need more heavenly mamma at the
hands of their preachers; some lighter
food of Gods word to vary the mOnot-
ony of constant nagging at POpery; but
they do so because they fifty wear the
leap and BELLS"
&. Have we not known ministers whose
fOunt of sermons had run dry, so to
speak, but who retrieved their fortunes
by a series of well-prepared attacks on
the ''indulgences'' of the ROmish
church: who could count with arithmet-
ical skill, to cent, what Catholics
paid for the forgiveness of their
sins, from stealing pin up to
murder, and knew how much was al
lowed by the priest for ''large lots"
Did we not know preacher who so &C
curately described the infelicitieS of the
bachelor life of the Romish priesthood,
that on the very next day, q wealthy
lady made him an offer of her hand and
heart Alas and woe is me! If these
$50, 900, 600 of papistS would only agree
to drop their tom-fooleries and their
''mummeries of superstition" how
many preacher would find himself
like Othello, his Occupation gone"
But thanks to Providence, we yet have
fruitful themes-Purgatory and the
Mass, and Gali1ee, and the Bible; if
these were taken away what would hap
pen? 0, no, perish the thought! Yet,
il perchance these failed, we would. in
the words of DR.. Marshall, petition his
Holiness, the pope, and set forth: "That
avery large body of most respectable
ctergymen. who had no personal ill-will
towards the present occupant of the
holy see, had maintained themselves
and their families in comfort for many
years exclusively by the abuse of pop
cry; and if popery were taken away,
they could not but contemplate the
probable results with uneasiness and
alarm.
Moreover, many eminent members of
the profession have gained reputation
for evangelical wit, learning and piety,
as'well as high dignities in the church,
by.setting forth in their sermons and at
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